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CLOSE SOME HOW Close-XX Relevant Cases Sorted By Date     |     Sort by Title 1793 Chisholm v. Georgia Wikipedia     Google   1803 Marbury v. Madison Established the doctrine of judicial review, the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional. In the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress gave the Supreme Court the authority to issue certain judicial writs. The Constitution did not give the Court this power. Because the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land, the Court held that any contradictory congressional Act is without force. The ability of federal courts to declare legislative and executive actions unconstitutional is known as judicial review. Wikipedia     Oyez     ConLaw.us     Quimbee Video         History.com August 20, 2021 Marbury v. Madison     U.S. Reports: Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)     Google   1819 McCulloch v. Maryland The Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers. government's ability to grant charters without explicit constitutional sanction. The Supreme Court held that the tax unconstitutionally interfered with federal supremacy and ruled that the Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers. Wikipedia     ConLaw.us     Google   1824 Gibbons v Ogden Wikipedia     Google   1832 Prigg v. Pennsylvania Wikipedia     Google   1833 Barron v. Baltimore Wikipedia     Google   1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford Dred Scott, a slave, was purchased in Missouri and then brought to Illinois, a non-slave state. He later moved with his owner to present-day Minnesota, where slavery was prohibited, and then back to Missouri. When his owner died, Scott sued claiming he was no longer enslaved because he had become free after living in a free state. The Supreme Court decided that Scott was not a “citizen of the state” so it had no jurisdiction in the matter. The majority opinion also stated that Scott was not a free man. Wikipedia     Oyez     Video: C-SPAN series Landmark Cases: Dred Scott v. Sandford     Google   1859 Ableman v. Booth Wikipedia     Quimbee     Google   1861 Ex parte Merryman Suspension of Habeas Corpus by Executive Order During the Civil war by Abraham Lincoln At the outset of the Civil War (War of the Rebellion) President Abraham Lincoln unilaterally suspended Habeas Corpus. Chief Justice Roger Taney acting as Circuit Court Judge granted a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Note: Not a Supreme Court case. Wikipedia     Quimbee     ConLaw.us     Lawaw.resource.org     New York Times 06/04/1861     National Constitution Center: May 28, 2021     Archives of Maryland: John Merryman     Google   1869 Ex Parte McCardle Wikipedia     Quimbee     casetext.com: Text of Opinion         Google   1870 Hepburn v. Griswold Wikipedia     Google   1871 Knox v. Lee Wikipedia     Google   1873 The Slaughter-House Cases Wikipedia     ConLaw.us     Video: C-SPAN series Landmark Cases: The Slaughterhouse Cases     Google   1873 Bradwell v. Illinois Wikipedia     Google   1875 United States v. Cruikshank Wikipedia     Google   1880 Strauder v. West Virginia Wikipedia     Google   1883 The Civil Rights Cases Wikipedia     Google   1886 Yick Wo v. Hopkins Wikipedia     Google   1890 Hans v. State of Louisiana Wikipedia     Google   1895 United States v. E.C. Knight Co. Wikipedia     Google   1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Wikipedia     Google   1903 Champion v. Ames Wikipedia     Google   1905 Jacobson v. Massachusetts Wikipedia     Google   1905 Lochner v. New York Wikipedia     Google   1908 Muller v. Oregon Wikipedia     Google   1917 Buchanan v. Warley Wikipedia     Google   1918 Hammer v. Dagenhart Wikipedia     Google   1919 Debs v. United States Wikipedia     Google   1919 Abrams v. United States Wikipedia     Oyez     Google   1919 Schenck v. United States Wikipedia     Google   1922 Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Mahon Wikipedia     Google   1923 Meyer v. Nebraska Wikipedia     Google   1923 Adkins v. Children's Hospital Wikipedia     Google   1925 Gitlow v. People of the State of New York Wikipedia     Google   1925 Pierce v. Society of Sisters Wikipedia     Google   1927 Buck v. Bell Wikipedia     Google   1931 O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v Hartford Fire Insurance Company Wikipedia     Google   1931 Stromberg v. California Wikipedia     Google   1934 Nebbia v. New York Wikipedia     Google   1935 Schlecter Poultry Corp. v. United States Schlecter Poultry Default HL Schlecter Poultry Default Pub Note Wikipedia     Oyez     ConLaw.us     Google   1937 NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp This Public Headline Default This Public Note Default Wikipedia     ConLaw.us     Google   1937 West Coast Hotel v. Parrish Wikipedia     Google   1938 United States v. Carolene Products Wikipedia     Google   1941 United States v. Darby Wikipedia     Google   1942 Wickard v. Filburn     Google   1944 Korematsu v. United States Upheld the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War II. The Court held that the need to protect against espionage by Japan outweighed the rights of Americans of Japanese descent. Wikipedia     Quimbee     Oyez     ConLaw.us     USCourts.gov: Facts and Case Summary         FamousTrials.com     Video Annenbergclassroom.org     Google   1952 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer Wikipedia     Google   1953 Brown v. Allen     Quimbee         Google   1954 Brown v. Board of Education Wikipedia     Google   1954 Bolling v. Sharpe Wikipedia     Google   1955 Williamson v. Lee Optical Wikipedia     Google   1958 Cooper v. Aaron Wikipedia     Google   1963 Sherbert v. Verner Wikipedia     Google   1964 Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States Wikipedia     Google   1964 Katzenbach v. McClung Wikipedia     Google   1964 New York Times Company v. Sullivan Wikipedia     Google   1965 Griswold v. Connecticut Wikipedia     Google   1967 Loving v. Virginia Wikipedia     Quimbee     Google   1968 United States v. O'Brien Wikipedia     Google   1973 Frontiero v. Richardson Wikipedia     Quimbee     Google   1973 Roe v. Wade Wikipedia     Google   1976 Craig v. Boren     Quimbee     Google   1976 Buckley v. Valeo Wikipedia     Google   1976 Stone v. Powell Wikipedia     Quimbee     Oyez         Google   1977 Wainwright v. Sykes     Quimbee         Google   1978 Penn Central Transportation Company v. New York Wikipedia     Google   1978 Regents of University of California v. Bakke Wikipedia     Google   1985 City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. Wikipedia     Google   1988 Morrison v. Olson Wikipedia     Google   1989 Texas v. Johnson Wikipedia     Google   1990 Employment Division v. Smith     Google   1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey Wikipedia     Google   1992 R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul Wikipedia     Google   1992 New York v. United States Wikipedia     Google   1993 Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah Wikipedia     Google   1995 United States v. Lopez Wikipedia     Google   1996 United States v. Virginia Wikipedia     Google   1996 Romer v. Evans Wikipedia     Google   1996 Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida Wikipedia     Google   1997 South Dakota v. Dole Wikipedia     Google   1997 Printz v. United States Wikipedia     Google   1997 City of Boerne v. Flores Wikipedia     Google   1997 United States v. Flores     Google   2000 United States v. Morrison Wikipedia     Google   2001 INS v. St. Cyr Wikipedia     Quimbee     justice.gov     Google   2001 Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett Wikipedia     Google   2003 Lawrence v. Texas Wikipedia     Google   2003 McConnell v. Federal Election Commission Wikipedia     Google   2003 Grutter v. Bollinger Wikipedia     Google   2003 Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs Wikipedia     Google   2003 Gratz v. Bollinger Wikipedia     Google   2004 Hamdi v. Rumsfeld Wikipedia     Quimbee     Google   2005 Gonzales v. Raich Wikipedia     Google   2005 McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky Wikipedia     Google   2005 Van Orden v. Perry Wikipedia     Google   2005 Kelo v. City of New London Wikipedia     Google   2007 Crater v. Galaza 9th Circuit     Quimbee         Google   2008 District of Columbia v. Heller District of Columbia v. Heller was the first time in several decades that the Supreme Court interpreted the words of the Second Amendment. The case involved a ban on handguns in the home. It also involved two aspects of an ongoing debate: first, the debate over gun violence and its causes; and second, the debate over “originalism” and whether the Court can sensibly interpret the Constitution with the meaning its words would have had when its provisions were adopted. (courtesy National Constitution Center)  Wikipedia     Quimbee     Oyez     Oral Argument U.S. Supreme Court (audio)     District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) National Constitution Center     Librarian of Congress     Google   2008 Boumediene v. Bush Wikipedia     Quimbee     Oyez         Google   2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Wikipedia     Google   2010 United States v. Stevens Wikipedia     Google   2010 McDonald v. City of Chicago Wikipedia     Quimbee     Oyez         Scotusblog.com     Google   2011 Snyder v. Phelps Wikipedia     Google   2011 Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association Wikipedia     Google   2012 NFIB v. Sebelius Wikipedia     Google   2013 United States v. Windsor Wikipedia     Google   2013 Fisher v. University of Texas I Wikipedia     Google   2014 NLRB v. Noel Canning Wikipedia     Google   2014 Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores Wikipedia     Google   2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Wikipedia     Google   2016 Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt Wikipedia     Google   2016 Fisher v. University of Texas II Wikipedia     Google   2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. The court's decision overruled both Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), giving individual states the full power to regulate any aspect of abortion not protected by federal law. Wikipedia     Quimbee     Oyez     (Video) U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization     (Video) U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization     Explained by a Lawyer: Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health and ROe v. Wade Being Overturned     Heritage Explains Live: Is Roe Over?     Google   2022 New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. 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